What are some good horror books that primarily feature one person travelling alone into an unknown place (haunted house, other dimension, etc), and their experiences there? If Alice in Wonderland was a horror book, it would be a perfect example. I suppose the Silent Hill video games are sort of in that theme (one person, travelling alone, isolated, etc.).
Pan’s Labyrinth is a good film example of this genre.

I am asking a series of questions to analyse how horror films have changed since the early days of silent movies. I am doing this as part of a media project in college. I would be greatful for any input ou can provide. Thanks -James.

This is my Top Ten Modern Horror Novels and Stories. 10.- The Stake by Richard Laymon:In an abandoned hotel in a California ghost town, horror writer Larry and his friends make a chilling discovery… 9.- Ghost Story by Peter Straub: It all starts with a group of five old friends, who have been dubbed The Chowder Society, who sit around telling tales and living like Victorian robber barons. Then the stories take a turn when one man asks the others, Whats the worst thing you’ ve ever done? And their stories become the answers… 8.- Salem´s Lot by Stephen King: Ben Mears returned to ‘salem’s Lot hoping to cast out his own devils and found instead a new, unspeakable horror. A stranger had also come to the Lot, a stranger with a secret as old as evil, a secret that would wreak irreparable harm on those he touched and in turn on those they loved. All would be changed forever… 7.- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson: Robert Neville can hear them outside once again. Night after night they torment and tease him. “Come out Robert we have something to show you”, the women say. “Scared”, mocks his old friend Ben Cortman. Both he knows and they know he is probably the last human alive… 6.- The Doll Who Ate His Mother by Ramsey Campbell: A woman’s brother is killed in a car crash, and a myserious figure flees from the scene with his dismembered arm. A crime author visits the bereaved sister, claiming to know the identity of the strange man, and together they begin to track him down …

I want a movie made after 1990-ish that’s not supernatural-related and is just a really good horror movie. I’ve seen Halloween and Saw. They were pretty good but not the best. My all-time favorite horror movies are the three Scream movies, and The Last House on the Left.